Mevv York (State). 

Dei^t, of Education, 
State Normal Schools, 1911, 



Education Department Bulletin 

Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New Tork 

Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany. R. Y., ttndei 
the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 505 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



October 15, 1911 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 



PAGE 

State normal schools 3 

Law regulating normal schools ... 9 
Law relating to qualifications of 

teachers which affects normal 

schools 14 

Retirement of normal school teach-* 

ers 15 

Indorsement of normal school 

diplomas ; . . 17 

Revocation of normal diplomas. . 18 

School year and privileges 18 

Entrance requirements 18 

Minimum requirements for an 

approved course 19 

Entrance on special consideration. 20 

Appointment of students 20 

Appointment of nonresidents .... 22 



PAGX 

Transfer of students 23 

General professional courses, state- 
ment of 23 

Elementary teachers course 23 

Kindergarten-primary course 24 

Kindergarten course 24 

Special courses in Buffalo school . . 25 

Special courses in Cortland school . 30 

Special courses in Fredonia school. 31 

Special courses in Geneseo school. . 31 

Special courses in Oswego school . . 32 
Special courses in Plattsburg 

school 33 

Special courses in Potsdam school. 34 
High school courses in training 

schools 35 



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ALBANY 
NEW TORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 
1911 

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STATE OF NEW YORK 

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

Regents of the University 

With years when terms expire 

1913 Whitelaw Reid M.A. LL.D. D.C.L. Chancellor. New York 

191 7 St Clair McKelway M.A. LL.D. Vice Chan- 

cellor Brooklyn 

1919 Daniel Beach t'h.D. LL.D. ...... Watkins 

1914 Pliny T. Sexton LL.B. LL.D Palmyra 

1912 T. Guilford Smith M.A. C.E. LL.D. . . . Buffalo 

1915 Albert Vander Veer M.D. M.A. Ph.D. LL.D. Albany 

1922 Chester S. Lord M.A. LL.D New York 

1918 William Nottingham M.A. Ph.D. LL.D. . . Syracuse 

1920 Eugene A. Philbin LL.B. LL.D New York 

1916 LuciAN L. Shedden LL.B. LL.D Plattsburg 

192 1 Francis M. Carpenter Mount Kisco 

1923 Abram L Elkus LL.B New York 

Commissioner of Education 

Andrew S. Draper LL.B. LL.D. 



Assistant Commissioners 



Augustus S. Downing M.A. Pd.D. LL.D. . . First Assistant 

Charles F. Wheelock B.S. LL.D Second Assistant 

Thomas E. Finegan M.A. Pd.D Third Assistant 



Director of State Library 

James I. Wyer, Jr, M.L.S. 

Director of Science and State Miiseum 

John M. Clarke Ph.D. D.Sc. LL.D. 



Chiefs of Divisions 

Administration, George M. Wiley M.A. 

Attendance, James D, Sullivan 

Educational Extension, W. R. Eastman M.A. M.L.S. 

Examinations, Harlan H. Horner B.A. 

History, James A, Holden B.A. 

Inspections, Frank H. Wood M.A. 

Law, Frank B. Gilbert B.A. 

Public Records, Thomas C. Quinn 

School Libraries, Charles E. Fitch L.H.D. 

Statistics, Hiram C. Case 

Visual Instruction, Alfred W. Abrams Ph.B.- 

Vocational Schools, Arthur D. Dean B.S. 



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Education Department Bulletin 

Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 

Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 
the act of July 16, 1894 

No. 505 ALBANY, N. Y. October 15, 1911 



This pamphlet is prepared for the purpose of bringing together 
in one publication the law, regulations, courses of study and all 
other matters relating to the management of the State normal 
schools. 

STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 

Brockport 

Local board. John D. Burns, chairman; Daniel Holmes, secretary 
and treasurer; Thomas H. Dobson; Edward Harrison; Henry Har- 
rison; Henry S. Madden; Alfred M. White. 

Faculty. AlfredC. Thompson B. A., principal; Charles D. Seely M.A., 
Latin and Greek ;WilHamL.Vosburgh B.A., mathematics; Fred A. Bel- 
land, physical ctdture and manual training; Charles O. Beaman B.S., 
science; Charles D. Cooper M.S., superintendent training department; 
Flora C. Willsea, German and history; Alletta C. Edwards B.A., 
EngHsh; Ruth K. Todd B.A., assistant in Latin and Greek; Caroline 
E. Blodgett B.S., music; Nina M. Gage B.A., assistant in science; 
Adelaide Lewis B.A., French and German; Elizabeth Briggs B.A., 
history and German; Ida C. Wadsworth B.S., domestic science; Jean 
Corser, drawing; Mildred A. Smith B.A., elocution and physical 
culture; M. Claire WilHams B.A., assistant in EngUsh; Laura T. 
Cooper B.A., critic, grade 8; Mabel W. Vanderhoof B.S., critic, 
grade 7 ; Mary C. Thomas, critic, grade 6; Mabel Wombaugh, Ph.B., 
critic, grade 5; Grace H. Strowger B.A., critic, grade 4; Amelia M. 
Wensel B.A., critic, grade 3; May A. Williams B.A., critic, grade 
2; Lucy N. Tompkins B. A., critic, grade i; S. Jeanette Reynolds, 
librarian; Sarah A. Wygant, secretary. 

Buffalo 

Local board. Edward H. Butler, chairman; Henry W. Hill, sec- 
retary and treasurer; Henry Lapp; Hobart Weed; Robert L. Fryer; 
George A. Davis; A. Conger Goodyear. 

Faculty. Daniel Upton B.S. M.E., principal; Mark M. May- 
cock Pd . M . , drawing ; Marcus A . G . Meads B . S . , mathematics and logic ; 
Irving P. Bishop M.S., nature study and science; Cora M. Sager, vocal 
music; Gertrude M. Bacon, supervisor of teaching; Harrison C. 



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GivensM.E., vocational education; Helen L. Dunston, civics, schoollaw 
and American history ; Grace Viele B . L. , history and librarian ; Georgina 
E. Chamot, methods in manual training and sewing; Susan F. 
Chase M. A. Pd. D. , psychology and English literature ; Bessie L. Bishop, 
assistant in science; Ida L. Kempke Pd.B., grammar and Enghsh; 
Louise M. Cassety, principal kindergarten department; Elizabeth 
C. Lange, principal department of household arts; Helena M. 
Simonds, assistant in department of household arts; Ainelia B. 
Sprague, drawing; Jane M. Keeler, calisthenics and methods in 
reading; Ernina S. Smith, assistant in kindergarten department; 
Helen G. Englebreck B.A., history of education and records; Edith 
L. Huson, principal school of practice and critic, grade 9; Mary 
H. Fowler, critic, grade 8 ; Annie E. Davies, critic, grade 7 ; Lillian 
W. Walker, critic, grade 6; EHzabeth B. Small, critic, grade 5; Carrie 
Benson, critic, grade 4; Ella M. Smith, critic, grade 3; Theresa A. 
Roehsler, critic, grade 2; Dean R. Hill B.A., secretary. 

Cortland 

Local board. William H. Clark, chairman; Theodore H. Wick- 
wire, secretary; Lawrence J. Fitzgerald, treasurer; Hugh DufEey; 
Orris U. Kellogg; Israel T. Deyo; James M. Gilbert; John W. Sug- 
gett. 

Faculty. Francis J. Cheney M.A. Ph.D., principal; William' A. 
Cornish B.A., mathematics and arithmetic methods; Layton S. 
Hawkins M.A., science and science methods; R. Elliott Owens B.A., 
methods and superintendent of the school of practice; Ulysses F. 
Axtell B.A., logic, elocution and literature methods; Myron J. 
Walter B.S., assistant in science; Edward D. Curtis, Latin, Greek, 
and Latin methods; A. Kendall Getman B.S.A., assistant in agri- 
culture; Helen M. Goodhue, drawing; Caroline M. C. Hawkins B.A., 
Latin, English and grammar methods; Minnie M. Alger, music; 
Mary W. Butler, physical training; Agnes Orr-Carson, French and 
German; Gertrude E. Bussard B.A., high school English; M. Eliza- 
beth Mason B.A., history, civics and methods of American history; 
Mary A. Lattimer, manual training; Emma J. Davies, assistant in 
physical training; Lynn E. Brown, principal and critic, intermediate 
department; Ella Gale, critic, intermediate department; Katherine 
E. Moran, critic, intermediate department; Jenny L. Robinson, 
critic, intermediate department; Ella M. Van Hoesen, principal and 
critic, primary department; Katherine H. Walsh, critic, primary 
department; Jean Y. Ayer, critic, primary department; M. Agnes 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 5 

Mix, critic, primary department; Bertha L. Hill, principal, 
kindergarten department; Edith E. Armitage, assistant kindergartner ; 
Edith F. Rainey, secretary. 

Fredonia 

Local board. Samuel H. Albro, chairman; Howard M. Clarke, 
secretary and treasurer; Samuel C. Crandall; W. A. Holcomb; Wil- 
liam S. Stearns. 

Faculty. Myron T. Dana Pd.D., principal; Andrew Y. Freeman, 
superintendent of practice; H. L. Holcomb B.A., Latin and Greek; 
Franklin N. Jewett M.A., science; George G. McEwen A.M. Pd.B., 
mathematics; John L. Dahl B.A., assistant in sciences; EHzabeth R. 
Mertz Ph.B., modern languages ; Anna McLaury B.S. Ph.M., English; 
Rachael M. Jarrold M.A., history and civics; Julia J. Shepard, 
drawing and manual training; Edna Ftiller, director of physical 
training; Mrs Carrie L. Record, principal, junior department; Jessie 
E. Hillman, instrumental music; Edith N. Curtis, assistant in drawing 
and manual training; Mrs Margaret H. Start, vocal music; Julia 

D. Sherman, principal, senior department; Jennie M. Merrill, critic, 
senior department; Clara M. Dailey, critic, senior department; Lillian 
V. Stewart, critic, senior department ; Laura E. Treadway, critic, junior 
department; Frances H. Killen, critic, junior department; Ethel L. 
Kilts, critic, junior department; Jessamine Ellison, critic; junior 
department; Edith Graves, supervisor of Kindergarten; Ama L. 
Lester, director of kindergarten; Helen W. Traver B.A., assistant in 
vocal music; Mrs Clara A. Ross, secretary. 

Geneseo 
Local board. William A. Brodie, chairman; Lockwood R. Doty, 
secretary; Lloyd W. Crossett, treasurer; James W. Wads worth; 
WilHam A. Wadsworth; Frank K. Cook; George B. Adams; Walter 

E. Lauderdale; Otto Kelsey. 

Faculty. James V. Sturges M.A. Pd.D., principal; Frank E. 
Welles Ph.D., vice principal, Latin; W. Fowler Bucke Ph.D., prin- 
cipal of training school, pedagogy, history of education; Reuben L. 
Countryman M.A., logic, mathematics; Guy A. Bailey B.S., science; 
Frank L. De Beukelaer B.A., assistant in science; E. S. Barnes, 
principal of academic department, history, mathematics; Lydia 
L Jones Ph.B., literatiire; Ida M. Hemans B.A., librarian; Hazel 
E. Kilian, assistant in library methods; Christabel Abbott Ph.B., 
English and expression; M. Louise Russell, principal primary depart- 



6 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

ment; Georgia H. Reeve, methods; Helen Jenkins, physical training; 
Mary E. Day, drawing; Laura Halliday, assistant in drawing; Julia 
F. Seligman B.S., French and German; Mary A. Phillips B.A., high 
school English; Anna J. Gannett B.S., critic; Alta E. Thompson 
Pd.B., critic; Grace S. Balding, critic; Edna B. Cook Ph.B., critic; 
Grace V. Frechette, critic; Ida S. Mead, critic; Katherine B. Rose, 
critic; Elizabeth J. Burlingame, critic; Mary B. Pratt, kindergarten; 
Laura M. Deichman, assistant in kindergarten; Carol M. Holland, 
music; Zoe E. Parker, secretary. 

New Paltz 

Local board. A. K. Smiley, chairman; J. J. Hasbrouck, treasurer; 
John Schmid, secretary; Alton B. Parker; Jacob D. Wurts; Charles 
M. Harcourt; G. D. B. Hasbrouck; Daniel Smiley; Frank J. Le Fevre. 

Faculty. John C. Bliss Pd.D., principal; Elmer E. Arnold B.A., 
mathematics, history of education; Angie E. Badger, art; Arthur 

B. Bennett Ph.B., English; Grace V. Brown Pd.B., grade super- 
visor, reading; Amy E. Clark, music; William G. Fuller, Ph.G., 
science; Kitty A. Gage M.A., French ; WilHam C. Greenawalt B.A., 
German and history; Anna B. Herrig, pedagogy, supervisor of 
practice work; James F. Johnson, manual training; Maud Keator, 
penmanship; Cora M. Littlefield, grade supervisor, history; Cecil 

C. MacDonald M.A., principal high school department; Faye 
McFerran, assistant in training school and librarian; Mary E. 
Pennell, kindergarten; May L. Phillips, advanced reading and 
expression; Charlotte E. Reeve, grade supervisor, arithmetic; Addie 

D. Scott, B.S., grade supervisor, art; Anne E. Scott, grade supervisor, 
geography; Annie L. D. Swan, physical director; Harriet L. Van 
Tassell, household arts; Grace M. Drake, secretary. 

Oneonta 

Local board. George I. Wilber, chairman; Henry Bull, secretary 
and treasurer; Walter L. Brown; James Stewart; Eugene Raymond; 
Willard E. Yager; George Kirkland; Frederick A. Mead; Hobart 
Krum; Harry W. Lee. 

Faculty. Percy I. Bugbee M.A. D.Sc, principal; Arthur M. 
Curtis B.S., mathematics; Frank D. Blodgett M.A., logic, history, 
science of education; Charles A. Schumacher Ph.D., psychology and 
methods of literature ; Ada K. Smith B.A., science; Edna L. Hotaling, 
Latin and algebra; Elizabeth Gleason B.A., music; Caroline Jenkins, 
drawing; Florence M. Matteson B.S. history; Frank G. Sanford, 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 7 

manual training; Eliza E. Gee, principal intermediate department; 
Cora H. Pettit, principal primary department; Sarah M. Walker, 
critic; Helen C. Fritts Pd.B., critic; Frances Alice Terrill, critic; 
Caroline D. Hurlbutt, critic; Katharine H. Tobey M.A., critic; 
Mabel Parsons, critic; Kate B. Cristman, critic; Evelyn E. Tilton, 
critic; Vesta N. Scoby, domestic art and science ; Louise H. Livermore, 
physical training; Jessie Scott Himes, kindergarten; Alice H. Mor- 
rison, kindergarten assistant; Claire A. Hurlburt, special assistant; 
E. May Hurlbutt, secretary. 

At the Center street school: Addie E. Hatfield, principal; Estella 
Matteson, critic, grade 7; Anna B. Seaver, critic, grade 6; Mabelle 
M. Boynton, critic, grade 5; Aurore Mae Henault, critic, grade 4; 
Blanche C. Fuller, critic, grade 3; Jennie M. Greene, critic, grade 2; 
Ellen E. Hitchcock, critic, grade i. 

Oswego 

Local board. Gilbert Mollison, chairman; Robert A Downey, 
secretary and treasurer; Cadwell B. Benson; Laurence Clancy; 
Frederick O. Clarke; S. Mortimer Coon; Francis E. Cullen; P. W. 
Cullinan; Thomas D. Lewis; Merrick Stowell. 

Faculty. Isaac B. Poucher M.A. Pd.D., principal; Walker G. 
Rappeleye B.S., mathematics; Charles S. Sheldon, sciences; Amos W. 
Farnham M.A., geography, school law; Richard K. Piez Pd.D., 
psychology, history of education, drawing; James G. Riggs M.A., 
superintendent of training school; Joseph C. Park, manual training; 
Chester Higbee Tether Ph.B., science; Herbert J. Smith M.A., 
Greek, Latin, logic; Frederick P. Kern, assistant in manual training, 
physical culture; Caroline L. G. Scales Ph.B., English, history; 
Lydia E. Phoenix M.A. M.O., reading, physical culture, vocal music; 
Mary H. MacElroy, history, English; Charlotte M. Waterman, 
music; Leslie Savage B.A., physical culture, history; Madame 
Jeannette Grossen, French, German, Spanish; Laura A. Harden B. A., 
English, assistant librarian; Caroline V. Sinnamon, principal gram- 
mar department; Mary L. O'Geran, principal intermediate depart- 
ment; Harriet E. Stevens, principal primary department; Katherine 
A. Hayes, critic; Elizabeth G. Holmes, first assistant in kindergarten; 
Ida M. Isdell, second assistant in kindergarten; Allen W. Poucher, 
secretary. 

Plattsburg 

Local board. John B. Riley, chairman; Everett C. Baker, secre- 
tary and treasurer; John H. Moffitt; John F. O'Brien; James Rogers; 
George S. Weed; John M. Wever; William B. Mooers. 



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Faculty. George K. Hawkins M.A. D.Sc, principal; George H. 
Hudson, sciences; A. N. Henshaw Ph.D., ancient languages and 
pedagogy ; O. W. Kitchell Ph. D. D.Sc. , mathematics and logic ; Guy W. 
Shallies B.A., English; Henry F. Feuring M.A., modern languages; 
Benjamin G. Sinclair M.A., history; Genevieve Andrews, drawing; 
Alice L. O'Brien, reading and physical culture; Margaret M. Garrity, 
music; Anna L. Carroll, assistant in science; H. M. Cook M.A. Ph.D., 
principal of model school; Anna M. Powers, critic, grade 7; Kate E. 
Hull, critic, grade 6; C. Gertrude Phelps, critic, grade 5; Jennie M. 
Whitmore, critic, grade 4; Mabel L. Chase, critic, grade 3; Louise 
A. Perry, critic, grade 2 ; Harriette A. Ingalls, critic, grade i ; 
Charlotte E. Chase, kindergarten; Edwin L. Taylor, manual train- 
ing; F. M. Miller, assistant in manual training; William G. Thomp- 
son, commercial branches; Mabel C. McDowell, domestic science 
and household arts; Anne J. O'Brien, librarian; OlHe H. Amsden, 
secretary. 

Potsdam 

Local board. E. A. Merritt, chairman; George H. Sweet, secre- 
tary; George W. F. Smith, treasurer; W. R. Weed; Thomas Spratt; 
Frederick L. Dewey; Charles H. Leete. 

Faculty. J. M. Thompson M.A. Pd.D., principal; Katherine M. 
Kellas Ph.D., preceptress, English; L. D. Taggart B.S., principal of 
high school department; Edward W. Flagg M.A., history, history of 
education; Julia E. Crane, vocal music; Willis E. Bond B.A., mathe- 
matics, logic; Adelaide Norris, principal intermediate department; 
Wilhelmina Caldwell, principal kindergarten department; Lois A. 
Riedel Pd.B., assistant in drawing and English; W. L. Hartman M.A., 
Latin; N. V. Taylor B.A., science; Luella Sexmith Ph.B., model 
teacher; Jennie C. Johnson, model teacher; Ruth E. Lewis, model 
teacher; Mary E. McCarter, model teacher; Arline Denison B.S., 
principal primary department; Marion B. Porsythe, model teacher; 
Anna P. Draime Ph.B., English; Ernest A. Blood, physical director; 
Harry W. Jacobs, director of industrial work; Hattie M. Smith, 
domestic science, manual training; Julia T. Walling, English, 
librarian; Alice M. Grandey Ph.B., German; J. F. Hummer B.S., 
physical geography, biology; Mabel B. Hall B.A. Pd.B., Latin, 
French; W. B. Chriswell Ph.B., methods; Susan A. Rose B.A., oral 
expression; F. E. Hawthorne, piano, organ, harmony; Minnie E. 
Plank, secretary 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 



THE LAW 



The State normal schools are regulated by article 3 2 of the Educa- 
tion Law which is as follows : 

ARTICLE 32 

Normal Schools 

Section 810 Normal schools continued. 

811 Local boards. 

8 1 2 Powers of local boards. 

813 Bond of treasurer. 

814 Salary of secretary and treasurer. 

815 Local boards shall have management of buildings and 

property. 

816 Courses of study. 

817 Teachers' salaries, et cetera. 

818 Commissioner may perform duties of defaulting local 

board. 

819 Diplomas. 

820 Requisites for admission; privileges and duties of pupils. 

821 Practice departments in Fredonia school. 

822 Special policemen. 

823 Village or city may insure normal school property. 

824 Expense of insurance a village or city charge. 

825 Deposit of insurance moneys in bank. 

826 Acceptance of grants and bequests authorized. 

827 Education of Indian youth. 

828 Selection of Indian youth. 

829 Age of youth and limit of time for support. 

830 Guardians of youth. 

831 Indian pupils on equality with others. 

§ 810 Normal schools continued. The State normal schools 
heretofore established at Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, 
Geneseo, New Paltz, Oneonta, Oswego, Plattsburg and Potsdam, 
are continued. 

§ 811 Local boards. There shall continue to be a local board 
of each of said State normal schools, consisting of not less than three 
nor more than thirteen persons and the members thereof shall hold 
their offices until removed by the concurrent action of the Chancellor 
of the University and the Commissioner of Education. A vacancy 



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in any of said boards shall be filled by appointment by the Commis- 
sioner of Education. 

§ 812 Powers of local boards, i Local boards shall have the 
immediate supervision and management of said schools, subject, 
however, to the general supervision of the Commissioner of Educa- 
tion and to his direction in all things pertaining to the school. Said 
local boards shall have power to appoint one of their number chair- 
man, one secretary and another treasurer of the board. The secretary 
may also be treasurer. 

2 A majority of each of said boards shall form a quorum for the 
transaction of business, and in the absence of any officer of the 
board, another member may be appointed pro tempore to fill his 
place and perform his duties. 

3 It shall be the duty of such board to make and establish, and 
from time to time to alter and amend, such rules and regulations 
for the government of such schools under their charge, respectively, 
as they shall deem best, which shall be subject to the approval of 
the Commissioner of Education. 

4 They shall also severally transmit through the Commissioner 
of Education, and subject to his approval and in the form which 
he directs, a report to the Legislature on the first day of January 
in each year, showing the condition of the school under their charge 
during the year next preceding, including, especially, an account in 
detail of their receipts and expenditures, which shall be duly verified 
by the oath or affirmation of their chairman and secretary. 

§ 813 Bond of treasurer. The treasurer shall give an under- 
taking to the people of the State for the faithful performance of 
his trust in an amount fixed by the Commissioner of Education. 
The undertaking shall be approved by said Commissioner and filed 
in the office of the Comptroller. 

§ 814 Salary of secretary and treasurer. The secretary and the 
treasurer shall each be paid an annual salary to be fixed by the local 
board with the approval of the Commissioner of Education, but 
the aggregate amount of such salaries shall not exceed four hundred 
dollars. 

§ 815 Local boards shall have management of buildings and 
property. The local boards of managers of the respective normal 
schools in this State shall have the custody, keeping and manage- 
ment of the grounds and buildings provided or used for the purposes 
of such schools, respectively, and other property of the State per- 
taining thereto, with power to protect, preserve and improve the 
same. 



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§ 8i6 Courses of study. It shall be the duty of the Commis- 
sioner of Education to prescribe the courses of study to be pursued 
in each of said schools. 

§ 817 Teachers, salaries, et cetera. The Commissioner of 
Education shall determine the number of teachers to be employed 
in each normal school and the salary of such teachers. The employ- 
ment of such teachers shall also be subject to his approval. 

§ 818 Commissioner may perform duties of defaulting local 
board. During such time as any local board shall fail or refuse to 
discharge any duty the Commissioner of Education is hereby author- 
ized to discharge such duty of such local boards or any of their 
officers; and the acts of said Commissioner of Education in the 
premises shall be as valid and binding as if done by a competent 
local board or its officers, or with their cooperation. 

§ 819 Diplomas. The Commissioner of Education shall prepare 
suitable diplomas to be granted to the students of such school, who 
shall have completed one or more of the courses of study and discipline 
prescribed, and a diploma signed by him, the chairman and secretary 
of the local board and the principal of the school, shall be of itself 
a certificate of qualification to teach common schools. 

§ 820 Requisites for admission; privileges and duties of pupils. 
I All applicants for admission to a normal school shall be residents 
of this State, or, if not, they shall be admitted only upon the payment 
of such tuition fees as shall be, from time to time, prescribed by the 
Commissioner of Education. Applicants shall present such evidences 
of proficiency or be subject to such examination as shall be prescribed 
by said Commissioner. 

2 A normal school shall not receive into its academic department 
any pupil not a resident of the territory, for the benefit or advantage of 
whose residents the State has pledged itself to maintain such aca- 
demic department unless such pupil declares it to be her intention 
to remain in such school to complete the regular normal course. 

3 All students duly admitted to the normal department shall be 
entitled to all the privileges of the school, free from all charges for 
tuition or for the use of books or apparatus, but every pupil shall pay 
for books lost by him, and for any damage to books in his possession. 
Any pupil may be dismissed from the school by the local board for 
immoral or disorderly conduct, or for neglect or inability to perform 
his duties. 

§ 821 Practice departments in Fredonia school. The local board 
of control of the State normal school at Fredonia shall have the same 
powers and privileges in respect to practice departments as boards of 



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education, under subdivision 3 of section 310 and section 317 of this 
chapter. 

§ 822 Special policemen. For the purpose of protecting and 
preserving such buildings, grounds and other property, and prevent- 
ing injuries thereto, and preserving order, preventing disturbances, 
and preserving the peace in such buildings and upon such grounds, the 
local boards of managers of each of said normal schools shall have 
power, by resolution or otherwise, to appoint, from time to time, 
one or more special policemen, and to remove the same at pleasure, 
who shall be police ofhcers, with the same powers as constables of 
the town or city where such school is located, whose duty it shall 
be to preserve order, and prevent disturbances and breaches of the 
peace in and about the buildings, and on and about the grounds used 
for said school, or pertaining thereto, and protect and preserve 
the same from injury, and to arrest any and all persons making any 
loud or unusual noise, causing any disturbance, committing any 
breach of the peace, or misdemeanor or any wilful trespass upon such 
grounds, or in or upon said buildings, or any part thereof and convey 
such person or persons so arrested, with a statement of the cause 
of the arrest, before a proper magistrate to be dealt with according 
to law. 

§ 823 Village or city may insure normal school property. Each 
village and city in this State, wherein is located a State normal and 
training school, may insure and keep insured the real and personal 
property of such school against loss or damage by fire, when the State 
refuses to insure, or keep adequately insured, such property. 
The insurance is to be in the name of the State, and in case of loss, 
any moneys obtained from such insurance are to be used and disposed 
of the same as if the State had effected such insurance. The amount 
of insurance to be carried shall be determined by the municipal 
authorities of such village or city. 

§ 824 Expense of insurance a village or city charge. The 
amount of money necessary to effect and continue such insurance 
shall be raised annually by such village or city at the same time, and 
in the same manner, as the ordinary expenses of the village or city 
are raised. 

§ 825 Deposit of insurance moneys in bank. Where any loss or 
damage, against which insurance exists, occurs to the real or personal 
property of any of the normal and training schools of the State, the 
moneys realized from such insurance shall be deposited by each 
company in which such property is insured in a bank to be designated 
by the State Comptroller, subject to the check of the local board of 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS I3 

managers of such school, countersigned by the State Comptroller. 
Such moneys shall be kept as a separate fund to the credit of the 
local board of managers of such school, and shall be immediately 
available to be expended under the direction of such local board of 
managers, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Education, 
to repair or replace, wholly or partially, the real or personal property 
so damaged or destroyed. 

§ 826 Acceptance of grants and bequests authorized. The local 
board of managers of any State normal and training school of this 
State, may accept, for the State, by and with the consent of the 
Commissioner of Education the gift, grant, devise or bequest of 
money or other property, and to apply the same to any purpose, not 
inconsistent with the general purposes of such school, which shall 
be prescribed in the instrument by which such gift, grant, devise or 
bequest shall be made. 

§ 827 Education of Indian youth. The State Treasurer shall 
pay, on the warrant of the Comptroller, on bills approved by the 
Commissioner of Education, from the general fund, such sum as 
may be appropriated for the support and education of Indian youth 
in the State normal schools. 

§ 828 Selection of Indian youth. The selection of such youth 
shall be made by the Commissioner of Education, from the several 
Indian tribes located within this State ; and in making such selection 
due regard shall be had to a just participation in the privileges of 
this article by each of the said several tribes, and, if practicable, 
reference shall also be had to the population of each of said tribes in 
determining such selection. 

§ 829 Age of youth and limit of time for support. Such youth 
shall not be under sixteen years of age, nor shall any of such youth 
be supported or educated at said normal schools for a period exceeding 
three years. 

§ 830 Guardians of youth. The local board of each normal 
school shall be the guardians of such Indian youth, during the period 
of their connection with the school; and shall pay their necessary 
expenses, as provided in section 827 of this article.. 

§ 831 Indian pupils on equality with others. The Indian pupils 
selected in pursuance of this article, and attending said normal 
schools, shall enjoy the same privileges, of every kind, as the other 
pupils attending said schools, including the payment of traveling 
expenses, not exceeding ten dollars to each pupil. 



14 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO THE 
QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS AND AFFECTING 
STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 

Article 20 of the Education Law defines the legal qualifications of 
teachers. The provisions of such law which affect the State normal 
schools are sections 550 and 551, and are as follows: 

§ 550 Qualification of teachers. No person shall be employed 
or authorized to teach in the pubKc schools of this State who is : 

1 Under the age of eighteen years; and 

2 Not in possession of a teachers certificate issued under the 
authority of this chapter or a diploma issued on the completion of 
a course in a State normal school of this State or in the State Normal 
College. 

§ 551 Minimum qualifications of teachers in primary and gram- 
mar schools. No person shall hereafter be employed or licensed to 
teach in the primary and grammar schools of any city or school dis- 
trict authorized by law to employ a superintendent of schools who 
has not had successful experience in teaching for at least three years, 
or in lieu thereof has not completed : 

1 A course in one of the State normal schools of this State pre- 
scribed by the Commissioner of Education. 

2 An examination for and received a life State certificate issued 
in this State by a Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Com- 
missioner of Education. 

3 A course of study in a high school or academy of not less than 
three years approved by the Commissioner of Education or from 
some institution of learning of equal or higher rank approved by the 
same authority, and who subsequently to the completion of such 
course has riot graduated from a school for the professional training 
of teachers having a course of not less than two years approved by 
the Commissioner of Education or its equivalent. 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 1 5 



' RETIREMENT OF NORMAL SCHOOL TEACHERS 

The teachers employed in the State normal schools may be retired 
under the provisions of article 43 -A of the Education Law, which is 
as follows : 

ARTICLE 43-A 

Retirement Fund for Teachers in State Institutions 

[Article inserted by L. 1910, chap. 441, in effect June 8, 1910] 

Section 1095 Retirement of certain teachers in State institutions. 

1096 Certificate of retirement upon application. 

1097 Retirement upon recommendation of governing body 

of institution where teacher is employed. 

1098 Amormt to be paid to such retired teachers. 

1099 Time and manner of payments. 

§ 1095 Retirement of certain teachers in State institutions. 

Every person who, for a period of ten years immediately preceding, 
has been employed by the State as a teacher in any college, school 
or institution maintained and supported by the State and who shall 
have been engaged in teaching in some college, university, school, 
academy or institution or in the public schools of this State or else- 
where during a period aggregating thirty years and has reached the 
age of seventy years must, at his request, or may on the order of the 
Commissioner of Education, be retired from such employment. 

§ 1096 Certificate of retirement upon application. Every such 
person desiring to be retired under the provisions of section 1095 of 
this chapter shall present to and file with the Commissioner of 
Education an affidavit signed by himself, or, in case he is mentally 
or physically incapable of making such affidavit, the affidavit of 
some person or persons acquainted with the facts, setting forth the 
number of years of such employment, the place or places where 
employed, the salary received by the applicant at the last place of 
employment, and upon the filing of such affidavits, the Commissioner 
of Education, if he shall be satisfied of the truth of the affidavit, shall 
issue to such applicant a certificate that such applicant has been 
retired from active service as a teacher. 

§ 1097 Retirement upon recommendation of governing body of 
institution where teacher is employed. Upon the recommendation 
of a majority of the members of the board or governing body having 
in charge any such college, school or institution, that a member of 



l6 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

the teaching force be retired on account of mental or physical inca- 
pacity for the performance of duty, the Commissioner of Education 
may retire such person and issue to such person the certificate set 
forth in section 1096 of this chapter, provided such person has been 
employed by the State for ten years immediately preceding as a 
teacher in any college, school or institution maintained and supported 
by the State and has been engaged in teaching in some college, 
university, school, academy or institution or in the public schools of 
this State or elsewhere during a period aggregating thirty years, or, 
having reached the age of sixty-five years, during a period aggre- 
gating twenty years. 

§ 1098 Amount to be paid to such retired teacher. Every person 
who shall be retired under the provisions of this article shall be 
entitled to receive from the State one-half the salary which such per- 
son was receiving at the date of such retirement, not to exceed, 
however, in the case of a supervising official, or principal, one thou- 
sand dollars, and in the case of a teacher, seven hundred and fifty 
dollars. In no case shall the payment to any person retired hereunder 
be less than the sum of three hundred dollars. 

§ 1099 Time and manner of payments. The payments of the 
amounts provided in this article to be paid shall be made by the 
State Treasurer on the warrant of the Comptroller on the audit of 
the Commissioner of Education. Payments shall be made quarterly 
commencing with the first quarter after the date of issue of the 
certificate of such retirement. The Commissioner of Education 
shall make and enforce such rules and regulations, not inconsistent 
with the provisions of this article, as he shall deem necessary for 
properly safeguarding all payments thereunder, including vouchers 
to be signed by the person to whom such payment is made. 

Under the provisions of this law there are four different conditions 
by which teachers in the State normal schools may be retired. 
These are : 

1 A teacher who has had in the aggregate thirty years' experience 
in teaching, which may have been in this State or elsewhere, and 
who ten years immediately preceding application for retirement, was 
a teacher in one of the State normal schools and who has reached the 
age of seventy years, must, on her request, be retired. 

2 A teacher of the age and experience required under conditions 
named in paragraph i, who does not make application for retirement, 
may on the order of the Commissioner of Education be retired. 

3 A teacher who has had the experience specified under the con- 
ditions named in paragraph i, without qualification as to age, who 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 1 7 

has been employed in a State normal school or other State institution, 
and who has become physically or mentally incapacitated for the 
performance of her duty and such facts are certified to the Com- 
missioner of Education by a majority of the local board in charge 
of such school, may be retired by the order of the Commissioner of 
Education. 

4 A teacher who has been employed in a State normal school or 
other State institution as a teacher for ten years and who has had 
an aggregate period of twenty years' experience in teaching and who 
is physically or mentally incapacitated and such facts are certified to 
the Commissioner of Education by a majority of the local board 
in charge of such school, may be retired on the order of such Com- 
missioner. 

It should be observed that it is mandatory upon the State to retire 
those teachers only who come within the conditions named in para- 
graph I. The Commissioner of Education may use his discretion 
in making an order to retire teachers who come within the conditions 
named in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. 

Upon request the Education Department will furnish local boards 
or teachers with the proper blanks to present to the Commissioner 
of Education an application for retirement. 

INDORSEMENT OF NORMAL SCHOOL DIPLOMAS ISSUED 
BY NORMAL SCHOOLS OF OTHER STATES 

Section 554 of the Education Law authorizes the Commissioner of 
Education to indorse normal school diplomas issued by the normal 
schools of other states. The law is as follows: 

§ 554 Indorsement of foreign certificates and diplomas. The 
Commissioner of Education may in his discretion indorse 

1 A diploma issued by a normal school of another state. 

2 A certificate issued by the chief educational officer or state 
board of another state. 

Such indorsement confers on the holder of such diploma or certifi- 
cate the privileges conferred by law on the holder of a normal school 
diploma or state certificate issued in this State. 

The Commissioner of Education will consider an application for 
the indorsement of a diploma issued by a normal school of another 
state under the following conditions: 

I The holder of such diploma must show two years' successful 
teaching since receiving the diploma. She must also furnish satisfac- 
tory testimonials as to character and reputation. 



1 8 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

2 The requirements for admission to a normal school must be 
the equivalent of the requirements for admission to normal schools 
in this State. (See page i8) 

3 The normal course completed must be the equivalent of the 
courses maintained in the State normal schools of this State. (See 
page 23) 

4 The diploma must be a life license to teach in the schools of 
the state in which the normal school issuing such diploma is located. 

5 The state in which the school issuing such diploma is located 
must agree to indorse the diplomas issued by the normal schools of 
this State. 

REVOCATION OF NORMAL DIPLOMA 

Under authority of section 556 of the Education Law a school 
commissioner [after January i, 1912, a district superintendent] may 
revoke a normal school diploma for immoral conduct only. The 
Commissioner of Education may under subdivision seven of section 
94 of the Education Law revoke a normal school diploma for cause. 
Before a normal school diploma may be revoked by either authority 
above mentioned the holder of such diploma must have reasonable 
notice of the charges against him and an opportunity to appear and 
defend himself. 

SCHOOL YEAR 

The State normal schools open on the second Wednesday of 
September and continue in session 39 weeks. The year is divided 
as follows: two terms of 19 weeks each; one week at the close of the 
year for examinations and graduation. Students will be graduated 
at the end of each term, but commencement exercises will be held 
only at the close of the year in June. 

PRIVILEGES 

Tuition and the use of textbooks are free to students in the profes- 
sional courses. 

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS 

The special function of the State normal schools is to prepare 
teachers for the elementary schools of the State. The graduates 
of these schools to be legally qualified to contract to teach in the 
elementary schools of the cities and the villages having a population 
of 5000 or more and employing a superintendent of schools, must 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS I9 

satisfy the requirements of section 551 of the Education Law as 
given on page 14 of this pamphlet, both as to academic education 
and the professional training. Students desiring to be admitted to 
the course for elementary teachers must therefore be graduates from 
a four-year academic course which must include the minimum 
work prescribed by the Commissioner of Education. The same 
requirements have been prescribed for admission to the kindergarten- 
primary and to the kindergarten course. 

In addition to the completion of such course, applicants must 
satisfy the following conditions: 

1 Apphcants must be at least i6 years of age. 

2 Applicants must receive a formal appointment from the school 
commissioner [after January i, 191 2, district superintendent] of the 
district or the superintendent of the city in which they reside. 

Minimum requirements for an approved course 

A course of study in a high school or academy to receive the 
approval of the Commissioner of Education, as required by section 
551 of the Education Law, must include 2880 recitation periods, of 
which the following subjects must be a part: 

English. The course in English must be continuous throughout 
the four years, and must provide adequate instruction in grammar, 
composition, rhetoric and literature. 494 periods^ 

History. The course in history must include the three following 
courses, each of which should be continuous throughout the year. 

Ancient history 114 periods 

History of Great Britain and Ireland 114 periods 

American history with the development of civic institu- 
tions 152 periods 

Mathematics. The course in mathematics must include 

Algebra (through quadratics) 190 periods 

Plane geometry 190 periods 

Science. The course in science must embrace biology (including 
human physiology) and physics. The laboratory method of teaching 
these subjects is prescribed. 

Biology (or physiology with botany or zoology) 190 periods 

Physics 190 periods 

Foreign languages. The course in foreign languages must include 

^ The term "period" as used in this course means a recitation period of not 
less than 45 minutes. 



20 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

Latin 380 periods 

or 
French 380 periods 

or 
German 380 periods 

Drawing. The course in drawing must provide adequate instruc- 
tion for 228 periods. 

Vocal music. The course in vocal music must provide adequate 
instruction in sight singing from the staff and the use of common 
technical terms for 152 periods. 

The number of periods required in each subject is based on a school 
year of 38 weeks as a minimum. 



Entrance on special consideration 

Candidates, 21 years of age, who have had two years of high school 
work or its equivalent and in addition thereto have taught two 
years will be admitted to the normal school with the understanding 
that they must complete the minimum high school course in 
addition to the professional course before they shall be graduated. 

Graduates of training classes who entered the class upon a high 
school diploma covering the minimum approved high school course 
and who have taught one year since graduation from the training 
class may complete the professional course in the normal school in 
one year if they possess the required aptitude for training. 

Those who hold first grade certificates may be graduated in one and 
one-half years provided (i) they are high school graduates; (2) they 
have studied the subjects of the approved course; (3) they possess 
the necessary aptitude for study and training. 

Those holding the life State certificate or those who have com- 
pleted one year's work in an approved college may be graduated 
in one year. 



APPOINTMENT OF STUDENTS 

A person desiring to enter one of the State normal schools should 
write to the principal of the school she desires to enter or to the 
Education Department for an application blank. This blank should 
be filled in and mailed as directed. The following is a copy of a 
blank used : 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 



APPLICATION OF. 



FOR APPOINTMENT TO 



THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT. 



New York State Education Department 

Albany, August i, igii 
A person desiring admission to a State normal school should execute this 
blank in duplicate, obtaining the required statement from the principal of the 
high school where she received her academic training and the recommendation 
of the proper school commissioner or city superintendent, and forward both 
copies to the principal of the normal school which such person desires to enter. 

THOS. E. FINEGAN 
Third A ssistant Commissioner of Education 

STATEMENT OF CANDIDATE 

In candidate's handwriting 

Residence — — age years 

I have had. terms experience in teaching. 

I intend to enter the normal school at on 19 

In consideration of receiving free tuition at a State normal school, I hereby 
obligate myself to teach in the schools of the State of New York. 

I was graduated in 19 from ..— 

located at. and was in attendance upon 

such institution years. The statement below contains a true record 

of the subjects pursued by me in the course completed therein and the time 
devoted to each: 



SUBJECT OF STUDY 


Number of 

weeks 

pursued 


Number of 
recitations 
each week 


Total 
number of 
recitations 


I English 
















Third year English 








Fourth year English . ... 








2 History 

a American history with the development of civic 
























d Civics . 








3 Mathematics 
















4 Science 








b Biology 














d Physiology 

S Foreign languages 

a Latin 














b French .... 
















6 Drawing 

7 Vocal music 















[ Name in full] 



22 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

STATEMENT OF PRINCIPAL 

The student making the foregoing statement was graduated at 

[date] ... 

having been in regular attendance thereat years. The statement 

respecting the studies pursued and the time devoted to each is correct. 

[Remarks] 

[Principal] !..... 

[School] 



RECOMMENDATION 
To the Third Assistant Commissioner of Education: 

I hereby recommend of 

- , county of... 

as possessing the health, mental ability and moral character requisite for an 

appointment to the State normal and training school at... 

.....and 

I further certify that the above named person possesses the following cer- 
tificates of proficiency: 

Diploma from... f college \ dated 

\ university J 

State certificate, dated..... Training class certificate, dated 

Regents academic diploma school ...dated. 

Approved school diploma J high school \ dated 

\ academy / 

District Superintendent, district, county of. 

Superintendent, city of. 

[Dated] 19 

The applicant executing this blank has been advised that 

will be admitted to the.. State Normal School 

on the - day of , 191 

[// an applicant is admitted on condition, such condition should be fully stated 
here] 



Principal State Normal School 



[Remarks].. 



Approved igi 

Third Assistant Commissioner of Education 



APPOINTMENT OF NONRESIDENTS 
Residents of other states are admitted by special appointment of 
the Commissioner of Education but are required to pay in advance 
to the treasurer of the local board a tuition fee of $20 a term of 19 
weeks. 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 23 

TRANSFER OF STUDENTS 

Students may be transferred from one normal school to another 
by the Commissioner of Education, for cause, on the concurrence 
of the principals of the two schools affected thereby. 

GENERAL PROFESSIONAL COURSES 

There are three general professional courses of study prescribed 
by the Commissioner of Education for the State normal schools. 
Each of these courses covers a period of two years. These 
courses are: 

1 Elementary teachers course 

2 Kindergarten-primary course 

3 Kindergarten course 

The elementary teachers course prepares teachers for the grades 
of the elementary schools of the State. The diploma issued to a 
graduate of this course is a life license to teach in any public school 
of the State without further examination. This course is given in 
each of the State normal schools. " 

The kindergarten-primary course prepares teachers for the kinder- 
garten and the first six years of the elementary schools. Graduates 
of this course receive a diploma which is a license to teach for life 
in any kindergarten in the State or in the first six grades in any 
public school in the State without fiirther examination. This course 
is given in all the normal schools except Brockport and Plattsburg. 

The kindergarten course prepares teachers for the kindergarten 
and a graduate of such a course receives a diploma which is a license 
to teach for life in any kindergarten in the State without further 
examination. This course is given in the following normal schools : 
Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo and Oswego. 

These courses include the following subjects and the figures follow- 
ing each subject indicate the number of recitations required in 
such subject: 

Elementary teachers course 

PERIODS 

Psychology 100 

Principles and history of education 100 

Methods of language, grammar and composition 100 

Methods of hterature (optional) 100 

School econom.y ■ 40 

Methods of vocal music 120 

Methods of arithmetic and algebra 120 

Methods of American history 80 

Methods of drawing and elementary handwork 160 



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NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 



PERIODS 

Logic 80 

Methods of Latin (optional) 100 

Methods of geography 100 

Methods of primary reading, spelhng and phonics 100 

Methods of nature study and methods of elementary science 100 

Methods of manual training or household arts 160 

Penmanship 40 

Methods of physical training 120 

Observation and practice 600 

Kindergarten-primary course 

PERIODS 

Psychology 100 

Principles and history of education 100 

Methods of vocal music 60 

Methods of arithmetic 80 

Methods of United States history 40 

Methods of drawing and handwork 160 

Logic 80 

Methods of geography 100 

Methods of reading, spelling, phonics, language 100 

Methods of nature study and elementary science 100 

Methods of penmanship 40 

Methods of physical training 120 

English voice training, children's literature, story-telling 100 

Songs and games 1 00 

Mother play, gifts, occupations 160 

Program of kindergarten procedure 40 

Observation and practice 580 

Kindergarten course 

PERIODS 

Logic 80 

Enghsh — reading, speUing, phonics and voice training 80 

Elementary science and nature study - . . . 200 

Drawing 1 40 

Penmanship 40 

Physical training 120 

Music 40 

Psychology 100 

History of education 1 00 

English — voice training, children's literature, story-telling 120 

Songs and games 120 

Mother play, gifts and occupations 180 

Principles of education with special reference to kindergarten 60 

Program — kindergarten procedure 60 

Observation and practice 560 

Kindergarten-primary diploma. Students who shall complete 
the kindergarten course and who shall then complete the methods of 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 2$ 

grammar and composition, arithmetic, American history, geography, 
with training and teaching of the regular normal course, will receive 
diplomas licensing them to teach in both kindergarten and elementary 
schools. 

SPECIAL NORMAL TRAINING COURSES 

To provide normal training for teachers of special courses in the 
public schools, special professional courses have been authorized in 
the State normal schools. It is not the policy of the State to give 
all special courses in each of the State normal schools, but to 
assign to each school the special work for which it is best adapted 
by reason of its location, organization and equipment. Such 
special courses have been authorized as follows: 

Buffalo 

Courses 

1 Mechanical drawing 5 Joinery and cabinet work 

2 Machine shop practice 6 Cookery 

3 Printing 7 Sewing and millinery 

4 Pattemmaking 



Requirements for admission to normal classes in vocational training 

Candidates for these courses may be admitted under one of the 
following qualifications : 

I Candidates must be at least 17 years old and must present a 
diploma of graduation from a high school approved by the Educa- 
tion Department. 

The applicant must present credits as follows: 
English 

Literature ^ 

Rhetoric and ! 494 periods 

composition [ The equivalent of that required in a 
Grammar j four-year high school course 

History 

Ancient history j 120 periods 

or y A three-hour course for one 
English history J year 
American history and civics 152 periods 



26 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

Mathematics 

Algebra 190 periods 

Plane geometry 190 periods 

Science 

Physics 190 periods 

Chemistry 190 periods 

Foreign language 

Latin 

or 380 periods 

French > The equivalent of two years' work 
or 

German 

Drawing 

Applicants must offer credits for one year's work in free-hand 
drawing and one year's work in either mechanical or architectural 
drawing. 

Shop practice 

Applicants for the shop branches must have had a total shop ex- 
perience, under an instructor, in woodwork, patternmaking, forg- 
ing, foundry work or machine shopwork, equal to 480 periods. 

Mechanical drawing 

Applicants for the course in mechanical drawing must have had 
a total experience, under an instructor, in mechanical drawing and 
any one of the shop branches mentioned above, of 480 periods. 

2 Candidates who have not graduated from a high school but 
who are of mature age and who have had four years of successful 
experience in one trade may be admitted to the normal course for 
that trade upon satisfying the principal that they have attained 
conspicuous excellence in their work and are mentally equipped to 
piu-sue the course of study. 

Students admitted tuider this rule may be excused from the shop- 
work or drawing required in connection with the course. 

Courses of study 
Each course is planned to cover two years of regular day school 
work but students who cover the courses in evening classes will be 
given credit as they finish each subject, and on the completion of 
the course will be granted a diploma. 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 2/ 

No student will be graduated from these courses until he proves 
to the satisfaction of the faculty that he has become expert in the 
line of work he expects to teach. 

I Mechanical drawing 

PERIODS 

History and principles of education lOO 

Psychology loo 

Methods in arithmetic 40 

Methods in science 120 

Methods in shop and draughting room 300 

Drawing and design 240 

Draughting room work 1200 

Teaching : 400 

2 Machine shop practice 

History and principles of education 100 

Psychology 100 

Methods in arithmetic 40 

Methods in science 120 

Methods in shop instruction 300 

Drawing and design 240 

Shop work 1 200 

Teaching 400 

3 Printing 

History and principles of education 100 

Psychology 100 

Methods in arithmetic 40 

Methods in science , 120 

Methods in shop instruction 300 

Drawing and design 240 

Shopwork 1200 

Teaching 400 

4 Patternmaking 

History and principles of education 100 

Psychology 100 

Methods in arithmetic : 40 

Methods in science 120 

Methods in shop instruction 300 

Drawing and design 240 

Shopwork 1200 

Teaching 400 

5 Joinery and cabinetmaking 

History and principles of education 100 

Psychology 1 00 

Methods in arithmetic 40 

Methods in science 120 



28 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 



PERIODS 

Methods in shop instruction 300 

Drawing and design 240 

Shopwork 1200 

Teaching 400 

The graduates of these courses will receive a diploma which will be 
a license to teach in the public schools of the State the subject 
completed. 



Requirement for admission to normal course in cookery, sewing and niillinery 

When additional accommodations are available there will be 
offered in this school courses in domestic science and domestic art, 
each covering a term of two years. At present it will be possible 
to offer only the combination course which includes cooking, sewing 
and millinery, and which extends over a term of three years. 

Candidates for this course must be at least 18 years of age, must 
have been graduated from a high school or school of equal rank 
approved by the Commissioner of Education, and must have re- 
ceived school credits for the following subjects: 

English 

Literature ^ 

Rhetoric and ! 494 periods 

composition [ The equivalent of that required in 

Grammar J a four-year high school course 

History 

Ancient history ") 

or ! 114 periods 

EngHsh history f A three-hour course for one 

J year 
American history and civics, a four-hour course for 

one year 152 periods 

Mathematics 

Algebra 190 periods 

Plane geometry 190 periods 

Science 

Physics 190 periods 

Chemistry 190 periods 



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29 



Foreign language 
Latin 

or 
French 

or 
German 



The equivalent of two years' work 



380 periods 



Drawing 

The equivalent of one year of representation and one year of 
design as indicated in the 19 10 Syllabus for Secondary Schools. 
Physics and chemistry must be presented for entrance to these 
courses. 

Course of study 

This course, covering three years, is designed to prepare the stu- 
dent to teach cookery, sewing or millinery in the elementary schools. 



First year 



Psychology- 
Foods — elementary cooking 
Handwork — elementary sewing 
Machine work 
Household chemistry 



Biology — physiology 

Drawing 

English composition 

Physical training 



Second year 



History of education 

Advanced cookery 

Household accounts 

Serving 

Dressmaking 

Drawing (costume and design) 



Laundry 
Arithmetic 

Principles of education 
English composition 
Physical training 



Third year 
Dietetics — invalid cookerj^ — emer- 
gencies 
Household construction and furnishing 
Sanitation and appliances 
Drawing 
Millinery 



Textiles 

Theory and practice of teaching 

domestic science and art 
English composition 
Physical training 



A graduate of this course will receive a diploma which will be a 
license to teach cooking, sewing or millinery in any elementary 
school in the State, 



30 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

Cortland 
Course 

Agriculture course 

This school gives a teacher's course in agriculture. The object 
of this course is to train teachers to teach agricultural courses in 
the small high schools which are distributed throughout the State. 
To meet present conditions, two courses have been prescribed. 

Requirements for admission to the two-year course 

This course is open to men at least i6 years of age, who have 
had farm experience, and who have a diploma of graduation from a 
course (or the equivalent) prescribed by the Commissioner of Edu- 
cation for admission to normal schools (see page i8). 

Requirements for admission to the one-year course 

This course is open to young men who are high school graduates, 
or have had equivalent education, have had farm experience, hold 
a life certificate, valid in this State, and have had at least one year's 
successful experience in teaching. 

Courses of study 

Two-year agricultural training course 

First year 
First term Second term 

Physics (agricultural) 5 Farm mechanics 5 

Psychology 5 Manual training 5 

Botany 5 Entomology 5 

History of education 5 Bacteriology and plant pathology. . , 5 

Chemistry 5 Chemistry 5 

Second year 

Horticulture 5 Grammar methods 5 

School economy 2 Farm crops 5 

Animal husbandry 5 Dairying 5 

Advanced science methods 5 Farm management and farm prac- 
tice 5 

Observation 10 Teaching lo 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 3I 

One-year agricultural training course 

First term Second term 

Physics (agricultural) 5 Farm mechanics 5 

Horticulture 5 Farm crops 5 

Botany 5 Entomology 5 

Animal husbandry 5 Bacteriology and plant pathology . . ^ 

Advanced science methods 5 Dairying 5 

Chemistry 5 Farm management and farm practice c 

Chemistry 5 



The figures denote the number of hours each week throughout the term. 

Those completing either of these courses will receive a diploma, 
which will be a license to teach agricultural courses in the schools of 
the State. 

Fredonia 

Courses 
I Music 2 Drawing 

Requirements for admission 

To be admitted to these courses candidates must show the com- 
pletion of a four-year high school course. 

Course of study 
These courses cover a period of two years. 

The graduates of these courses will receive diplomas which will 
be licenses to teach the special subject of such course in any public 
school in the State. 

Geneseo 

Courses 

Teacher-librarian's course 

This school gives a special course covering a period of two years 
for training teachers who are to have general charge of public school 
libraries. All school libraries should be under the general direction 
of a trained librarian. The great majority of schools having large 
Hbraries do not need the constant services of a librarian. This 
special course is a combination of the work given in the elemen- 
tary teacher's course and of work related to a technical library 
course. To provide economical administration, school authorities 
may employ the graduates of this course, allowing them to give 
part of their time to the care of the library and to teach the re- 
mainder of the time. It is called a course for teacher-librarians. 



32 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

Requirements for admission 

Admission to this course shall be on the completion of an ap- 
proved minimum high school course which shall also include four 
years of high school English. (See page 19.) 



Course of study 

PERIODS 

Psychology 100 

History and principles of education 100 

Methods of grammar and composition 100 

Methods of reading, spelling and language 100 

Methods of literature 300 

Methods of United States history 80 

Methods of geography ' 60 

Methods of drawing 140 

Methods of vocal music 120 

Methods of arithmetic 80 

Methods of manual training 40 

Observation and teaching 450 

Administration of small school library: 

Cataloging, classification, book-selection, reference work, mechanical 

processes, etc 1 50 

Children's literature: 

Study of different classes of books for children, story-telling, etc 100 

Practice work: 

Teaching of library lessons in grades and high school; practice in all 

library processes 150 

Graduates from this course will receive a diploma, which is a life 
license to teach in any public school in the State. 

Oswego 
Course 

Manual arts 
Requirements for admission 

The entrance requirements to this course are the same as the 
entrance requirements to the general professional courses. (See page 
18.) 

Candidates who are not graduates of a high school, but who are 
of mature age and have had several years' experience in one or more 
trades or occupations, may be admitted to this course on approval 
of the Commissioner of Education. 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 33 

Course of study 

PERIODS 

Psychology loo 

History and principles of education lOO 

English 50 

Methods in science 100 

Shop mathematics 100 

Shop administration 

History and theory of industrial education, a study of equipments, 

organization of work, materials, and local industries 200 

Drawing 

Design, representation, mechanical 400 

Shopwork 

Joinery 1 00 

Ca,binetmaking 150 

Wood turning, patternmaking 150 

Art metal work 100 

Machine shop practice 200 

Printing and bookbinding 1 00 

Foundry practice and forging 200 

Teaching 400 

A graduate of this course will receive a diploma which will be a 
license to teach the manual arts in the public schools of the State. 

Plattsburg 
Course 

Commercial course 

Requirements for admission 

1 Graduation from any four-year course in an approved high 
school or its equivalent. 

2 Graduation from a general normal school course approved by 
the Education Department. Candidates who present this cre- 
dential will be permitted to graduate in one year if they show the 
required aptitude. 

3 Graduation from a college course approved by the Commis- 
sioner of Education. Candidates who present this credential will 
be permitted to graduate in one year if they show the required ap- 
titude. 

4 Special cases. 

a Candidates 21 years of age who have completed two years of 
academic work in a high school may be admitted with the under- 
standing that they must complete the minimum approved high 
school course befote graduation. 



34 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

b Candidates who have completed three years of academic work 
plus an approved commercial course may be admitted with the 
understanding that they must complete the minimum approved 
high school course before graduation. Credit will be given for the 
commercial course so that the diploma may be earned in two years. 

Course of study 

PERIODS 

Elementary bookkeeping, business practice, business writing and methods 200 

Advanced bookkeeping, office practice, business writing and methods. . . . 200 

Commercial arithmetic and methods 100 

Commercial geography and methods 100 

Commercial English, correspondence and methods 60 

Commercial law and methods ■. 100 

History of commerce and methods 100 

Economics 100 

Elementary shorthand and methods 200 

Advanced shorthand and methods 200 

Typewriting and methods 200 

Principles of accounting 100 

Accounting practice 100 

Logic 80 

Psychology '. . 100 

Principles and history of education 100 

School economy 40 

Observation and practice 400 

Graduates from this course, upon recommendation of the prin- 
cipal of the school, will receive a diploma, which will license its 
holder to teach in any commerical school or commercial depart- 
ment in any public school in the State. 

Potsdam 
Courses 

I Music 2 Drawing 

Requirements for admission 

To be admitted to these courses, candidates must show the com- 
pletion of a four-year high school course. 

Courses of study 

i^ These courses cover a period of two years. 

^ The graduates of these courses will receive a diploma which will 
be a license to teach the subject of such course in any public school 
in the State. 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 35 

HIGH SCHOOL COURSES 

The following courses are prescribed for the high school depart- 
ment of the training school. Admission to these courses shall be 
as follows: 

1 By a Regents preliminary certificate. 

2 By presenting other credentials satisfactory to the principal of 

the school, which must be submitted for approval to the Edu- 
cation Department. 
a No nonresident pupil living in a district that maintains an aca- 
demic school registered under the free tuition act is eligible 
for admission to the high school department. 
6 Resident pupils can be admitted only at the beginning of a 
term. Should a larger number of resident pupils apply for 
admission than can well be accommodated in the high school, 
they shall be admitted from an eligible list in the order of 
their application. 
The figures following each subject denote the number of required 
hours each week throughout the year. 

Course for admission to normal schools 

Pupils pursuing this course must complete the subjects prescribed 
in the minimum course as given on pages 19 and 20. 

Pupils may substitute for any of the remaining subjects such 
other vSubjects as individual necessities may require. 

First year 

English 5 Latin, French or German 5 

Biology (including human physi- Drawing 2 

ology) 5 Physical training 2 

Algebra 5 Music i 

Second year 

English 3 Physical geography 5 

A ncient history 3 Drawing 2 

Geometry 4 Physical training 2 

Latin, French or German 5 Music i 

Third year 

English 3 A foreign language 5 

Voice training I Drawing 2 

Physics 5 Physical training 2 

History of Great Britain and Ire- Music I 

land -? 



36 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

Fourth year 

English 3 Chemistry. . . .' ♦. . . 5 

American history with the develop- Drawing 2 

ment of civic institutions 5 ■ Physical training 2 

Same foreign language as of third Music I 

year 5 

Subjects in italics are required. 



Course for admission to college 

Pupils pursuing this course must complete the subjects prescribed 
in the minimum course as given on pages 19 and 20. They must 
also complete such additional subjects as are required by the 
Education Department for the college entrance diploma. They 
may substitute for any of the remaining subjects such other sub- 
jects as individual necessities may require. An excess of study in 
the time required in foreign language may be substituted for a slight 
deficiency in ancient or English history for normal entrance 
requirements. 

First year 

English 200 Latin 200 

Algebra 200 Drawing 80 

Biology (including human physi- Physical training 80 

ology) 200 Music 40 

Second year 

English 120 Second foreign language 200 

Plane geometry 1 60 Drawing 80 

History 120 Physical training 80 

Latin 200 Music 40 

Third year 

English 120 Latin 200 

Intermediate algebra 80 Drawing 40 

Physics 200 Physical training 80 

Second foreign language 200 Music 40 

Fourth year 

English 120 Second foreign language 200 

Review of plane geometry 80 Drawing 40 

American history with civics 200 Physical training 80 

Latin 200 Music 40 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 

Course for admission to technical schools 



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First year 

English t 200 German . 20a 

Algebra 200 Drawing 80 

Biology (including numan physi- Physical training 80 

ology) 200 Music 40 



Second year ■ 

English 120 French 200 

Plane geometry 1 60 Drawing 80 

History 12*0 Physical training 80 

German 200 Music 40 

Third year 

English 120 French 200 

Review of algebra 80 Drawing 80 

Physics 200 Physical training . 80 

German „ . . . . 200 Music 40 

Fourth year 

English 120 Chemistry 200 

Review of plane geometry 80 Drawing 80 

American history with civics 200 Physical training 80 

Advanced mathematics 200 Music 40 



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